革

See also: 堇 and ䷰

革 U+9769, 革 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9769 ← 靨 [U+9768] CJK Unified Ideographs 靪 → [U+976A]

⾰ U+2FB0, ⾰ KANGXI RADICAL LEATHER ← ⾯ [U+2FAF] Kangxi Radicals ⾱ → [U+2FB1]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

革 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿中十 (TLJ), four-corner 4450₆)

1. Kangxi radical #177, ⾰.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/革
• 㗆, 𡟍, 𢃲, 愅, 𢯹, 㴖, 𤠇, 𨔷, 㮖, 煂, 𭹤, 䐙, 緙(缂), 𧤒, 諽, 𨍝, 𨐥, 韚, 𫠅, 𮪏, 𩩸
• 勒, 𪟋, 𤭫, 𦑜, 𩔈(𬱭), 䳬, 䨣, 𪔨, 𩍻, 㵮, 羁, 𦣄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1385, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4325, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9769

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		革

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 革
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (革) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
革	*krɯːɡ
諽	*krɯːɡ, *kʰrɯːɡ
緙	*kʰrɯːɡ
鞂	*kriːd

Pictogram (象形) – a stretched animal hide: the upper is head, the bottom is the tail and legs.

Compare 皮 (pí), which also features a hide.

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 革

1. leather; animal hide
2. (historical) leather armour and weaponry
3. (historical) ornament on the front of the cart
4. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 勒 (lè, “headstall”).
5. to change; to alter; to reform
6. to remove; to expel
7. 49th hexagram of the I Ching
8. a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gik¹
    • Yale: gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 革

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 亟 (jí, “terminally ill; critical”).

References

• “革”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

革

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. leather; animal hide; pelt
2. become serious
3. change; alter

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: かわ (kawa, 革, Jōyō)、あらたまる (aratamaru, 革まる)、あらためる (aratameru, 革める)

Compounds

• 革易(かくえき) (kakueki)
• 革新(かくしん) (kakushin) : innovation; progress
• 革正(かくせい) (kakusei)
• 革弊(かくへい) (kakuhei)
• 革命(かくめい) (kakumei) : revolution
• 革面(かくめん) (kakumen)
• 沿革(えんかく) (enkaku)
• 改革(かいかく) (kaikaku) : reform
• 皮革(ひかく) (hikaku)

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
革
かわ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Specialization of 皮(かわ) (kawa, “skin”).

Noun

革(かわ) • (kawa) ^{←かは (kafa)?}

1. leather

   革(かわ)の表(ひょう)紙(し)

   kawa no hyōshi

   leather book cover

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Korean

Hanja

革 • (hyeok, geuk) (hangeul 혁, 극, revised hyeok, geuk, McCune–Reischauer hyŏk, kŭk, Yale hyek, kuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

革: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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